Misgav Am
Palmach settlement founded in November 1945.
A Palmach settlement that became a northern kibbutz. Located in the Safed province, a region in the eastern upper Galilee, at an altitude of 841 meters above sea level, four kilometers to the west of Kiryat Shmonah and two kilometers to the west of Kefar Gil'adi, to the east of the ceasefire line between Israel and Lebanon.
The settlement was founded on the 2nd of November 1945 (26 of Heshvan Tashav), as a garrison outpost, by a Palmach Hachshara composed of graduates of the Hanoar Haoved, from the suburbs of Tel Aviv, and which was consolidated into a group and settlement Hachshara in the Palmach's E Company. They were later joined by new immigrants from Turkey and Bulgaria.
The day before the date set by Palmach HQ for founding the settlement, a group of members arrived at Kefar Gil'adi kibbutz. Work animals were brought from neighboring settlements, and after several Solel Bone cars loaded with construction material arrived from Haifa, a convoy set out from Kefar Gil'adi, and advanced westward until is came to a stop on an exposed, gravely hill. That same day two fences were constructed: One was designed to serve as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon, and the other to mark the boundaries of the new settlement.
The settlement became an important outpost during the War of Independence. For a long period of time the settlement was under siege, since it served as a frontal outpost and key site in the regional battle disposition.
Due to the Kibbutz's proximity to the border, and its harsh climatic conditions, from its founding the settlement had a high rate of abandonment. The Kibbutz was affiliated with the Kibbutz Meuhad movement. In 1963, groups of youths from the Mahanot Olim movement and Nahal veterans joined the kibbutz.
The settlement was founded on the 2nd of November 1945 (26 of Heshvan Tashav), as a garrison outpost, by a Palmach Hachshara composed of graduates of the Hanoar Haoved, from the suburbs of Tel Aviv, and which was consolidated into a group and settlement Hachshara in the Palmach's E Company. They were later joined by new immigrants from Turkey and Bulgaria.
The day before the date set by Palmach HQ for founding the settlement, a group of members arrived at Kefar Gil'adi kibbutz. Work animals were brought from neighboring settlements, and after several Solel Bone cars loaded with construction material arrived from Haifa, a convoy set out from Kefar Gil'adi, and advanced westward until is came to a stop on an exposed, gravely hill. That same day two fences were constructed: One was designed to serve as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon, and the other to mark the boundaries of the new settlement.
The settlement became an important outpost during the War of Independence. For a long period of time the settlement was under siege, since it served as a frontal outpost and key site in the regional battle disposition.
Due to the Kibbutz's proximity to the border, and its harsh climatic conditions, from its founding the settlement had a high rate of abandonment. The Kibbutz was affiliated with the Kibbutz Meuhad movement. In 1963, groups of youths from the Mahanot Olim movement and Nahal veterans joined the kibbutz.